Plenty of people I know and respect put a lot of faith in to bite times etc so I believe there probably is something in it. I know a few who do also.. but they doing get out much.. not because of bite time but because opportunity.. and IGF they did go by bite time only they would get out maybe 1 or 2 times a yr.
So on that basis , matching their "faith" to actual number times get out just doesn't add up once put under scrutiny as the conservation progress.
my bite time app, on my phone and tab (gps) is next to my tide app.. hence to quickly glance when checking out a weather window is quick easy.. and easy , out of curiosity, check when the fishing suddenly dies..
Bite times, Moon phases, calendars, Maori theories etc i find alot of people use them as excuses if a bad day on the water is had
Yep that comes up a lot also "had a bad day..calander bite time excuse.. how did you do?"
"OH Got a good feed, 8 or 9 32/ to 42cm snaps a gurnard and couple KY... as we ALWAYS do"
And we do that by
If one puts more time into studying your area where the fish might congregate more to feed and when in the tide they are more likely to be there after a while you can work out there pattern. its not rocket science
This is something I dont understand about maori calendar and bite time.
upto around mid 60s one simply dropped a line off the rocks wharf what ever , basically any time of the year or day and catch good fish.. very good, very often todays PB/ trophy fish. Thu did have an issue when the tide went out and only mud under the wharf.. There was no need or incentive to ever investigate a maori or bite time calendar.
From memory there never was a calendar till Bill Hopepa started to publish his in the Auckland Star (??) back in the mid 60s (??)